Powell, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Brooksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34601. The Survey maps it on the Masaryktown quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1954 USGS Masaryktown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
233 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Powell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 852 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 26 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 27/MARTHA PILE FIRE/0866 |
| 7 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BRAEMERE (27) |
| 9 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NAPLES (27) |
| 8 July 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Powell: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Dade City - Mason-Smith Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| Wayne Thomas Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Powell in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Powell | - | Report of a pole barn destroyed, roof damage to a house, and a few large oak trees snapped at the base Vicinity Ayers Road and Culbreath Road. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Grove | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ayers | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| South Brooksville | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Tooke Lake Junction | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Wiscon | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Masaryktown | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Brooksville | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Spring Hill | 5.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289274. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






